Mississippi

Storm History: Carroll County, Mississippi

281 episodes, 404 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Carroll County, Mississippi: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
404
Deaths
7
Injuries
22
Damage
$47 million
Episodes
281

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado166522$17 million
Hail8810$6.3 million
Flash Flood5400$1.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind4510$320,000
Drought1700$3.9 million
Heavy Snow900$440,000
Ice Storm700$1.2 million
Heat400
Winter Storm300
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$16 million
Strong Wind100$1,000
Lightning100$30,000
High Wind100$2,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$330,000
Excessive Heat100
Sleet100
Winter Weather100$10,000
Tropical Storm100$15,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Carroll County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Carroll CountyEvery warning in Carroll County since 1986Every county in Mississippi

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.